On Sunday June 24th 2012, the CareFlight Woodford to Glenbrook Classic will attract over 1000 entrants to run or ride the Oaks Fire Trail through the beautiful Blue Mountains National Park from the town of Woodford down to the Euroka Clearing near Glenbrook.

Covering 25km of undulating bushland, the trail is incredibly scenic and is a must for keen mountain bikers and trail runners. Participants are supported the full length of the track by Rural Fire Service crews stationed along the way, providing First Aid and drinks. A CareFlight doctor and St John Ambulance volunteers will also be in support.

The event will finish with a community fair-style reception in the beautiful Euroka Clearing. Families are welcome to join in the fun with activities for the kids, food stalls and displays throughout the day.

Mountain bike riders start from 9am and runners start from 10am. Exact start times as well as transport and parking details will be advised closer to the event.

Registration is just $45 for adults and $20 for juniors for entries received before 7.00 am Monday 11th June 2012. For entries received after 7.00 am on Monday June 11, 2012 the fee is $50 for adults and $20 for juniors. The registration fee only covers the cost of conducting the event. Additional money raised by entrants through donations and fundraising activities helps to fund the services of CareFlight. You can raise funds on your own or get together with your friends to form a fundraising team. A trophy will be presented for the highest individual fundraiser as well as for the highest fundraising team.

Teams and individuals are welcome to enter. Registrations will be taken until 4pm Monday 18 June 2012, or until the event reaches the maximum number of participants. No entries will be accepted on the day of the event. There is a limit of 650 cyclists, with no limit on runners.

you keep going out through the gate at the start of the sniggle, along the main firetrail to Bennets Ridge trail, then down it into a finish at Euroka. Sort of extends the usual downhill helipad to gate run for another 5km or so....

they could run it down the single track to just near the old Ironbarks picnic area and then into Euroka by the old exit road. Probably have to do it just for the bikes though, because IIRC the fastest runners can catch the slower riders and mixing them on the single track would not be great.

I rode the trail last Sunday. It looks like NPWS has done a few repairs. They have used a fill with a fairly high clay content, making the track pretty slippery in sections. It was a day after a lot of rain though, and should dry out fine by race day.

Second time at this one but still didnt improve on last years result. From the gun the two eventual winners lit it up and I was caught napping with my chain in the little ring. This meant I got onto the trail proper in 7th wheel.

I overtook a few but in my attempt to bridge the increasing gap to the two leaders i picked up a stick in my rear derailleur. This slowed me to a crawl and by the time i got going again the gap was too large to bridge. The two leaders looked as though they were riding strong and were working well together. Catching that was going to be near impossible especially with only a few hills left.

So i chugged along with two others to the end and managed to drop them on the second last bend to take out third.

This is such an awesome blast of a race. Ill be back next year for sure.

Should have done more training for this one! 5 minutes slower than last year. Still a great day out (if a little chilly esp as I rode down from Wenty to the start).
Good effort on the fundraising - That's our PB to beat for next year.
Sorry I didn't catch up with you Tim - Starting in the pretenders class means no time for chit chat